The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-05-26
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He rose early the next morning
and lighted the kitchen fire
"Pshaw!' said he, 90 he piled on
tho sticks of wood. "What does o
woman work amount to, anyhow ?
What's the next lesson, Lefty
IL always skim the GRO a m
and strain the milk" sail Lefty,
who, bolslered up on the lounge,
wns combing her hair with more
dcliberation than she had practicod
for n year.
"Well, here goes tion," said
George.
Aud a period of silence cnsuod
Presently he shouted;
~ haven't got millS-pans enougbl"
"Of course you haven't" said
Lefty.
"You must scald out Yesterdays.
You know you said you couldn't set
up tin shop when | asked for doz.
en- more Inst month.
They smell like a fat,boiling fac
tory said George, disdainiully
What ails emf
You should have scalded them
out last night sighed Lofty, wish,
ing that she had wings like dove,
that she might soar into tho milk
room and restore ordur cut Of cha %
Here's a got said George. There
isn't any hot water"
'Oh, George, you've forgotten to
put the kettle ont
80 l dill snil her huabRna.
And the sticks, hang en-, nre all
burned out''
You know wanted you TO get n
ton OF coal, said Lefty; but you said
that as long as wood cost nothing
but tho chopping and hauling, W ood
| it should be-"
Lave | got to wait for that conr
founded water to heatT groancd
George.
4 don't know anything eloe for
you to do, remarked Lefty, dryly.
'uumphr observed her lord and
master. What's for br eakfast'
Ham and eggs, suppose
'Woll, I'm up to that part OF the
programme, at least said he cheer
fully Oh, the dicken What is the
use Of keeping your knives SO sharp''
I've nearly cut my thumb off!
Where do you keep the oatmeal
I can be attending to your old milk
pan while tho breakfast is cooking,
suppose There is nothing lik Q
economy in work"
But it was q moral hour before
the milk was strained and the pigs
fed, md by that timo the houso wao
blne with q sort of n smnd9y smoke,
'Hullo!' shouted George, coming
| in. What's all thia?--is tho house
on tire2'
No snid Lefty, calmly; only the
breakfast has burned up
George uttered long sigh.
Who'd have thought tho fro va :
40 hot7' suid he. What am | to d.
now''
Cook another, suppose, answer
cd Lefty.
And what nextP demanded Geo
fiorcely tugging at his mousia ache,
why, set tho table, and then clear
it away and wash tho dishes
With this cut tinger?' compla ined
tho husband,
L was Obliged to do it all the
weeks l had that soro felon on my
middle finger, remarked Lefty
The young turkeys and geese ought
to have been left out and fed long
before this; aud tho three calves in
the barnyard must be attended to,
And then there are the kitchen and
sitting.room to be swept and busted
and the beds to make, and string
beans to be picked, and hucklsberry
pies to make, and your whito vests
to be ironed, aud tho potatoes to be
peeled, and the preserves to be sosld'
ed over, and the chooses TO be turn
ed, and dinner TO get, and tho table
to clear, and the dishes TO be wash
ed"
Hold on! cried George you've
said that once
'Vory likely, but it has to be done
throe times q day--and tho chickens
to be looked after, and the liner
pillow-cases to be put bleaching
and the south windows to be wash
cd, and your trowsors to 90 patched
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